LeQuille Mill

Reason for registration

the building is an intact example of an increasingly rare building type; and it represents a crucial chapter in Nova Scotia's industrial history.

Character-defining elements

Character-defining elements of the main building of LeQuille Mill relate to its industrial form and include:

- location of the building near the Poutrincourt Mill site;
- one-and-one-half storey wood frame ;
- clad in cedar shingles with five-inch wide corner boards;
- casings around all openings;
- small four paned window on the east elevation at the apex of the gable roof;
- row of twelve pane windows spaced along the north and south elevations and a pair of twelve pane windows on the east gable elevation of the first floor of the main building;
- pair of framed timber doors with two diagonally boarded panels at ground level;
- boarded loading door at the second floor flanked by two single hung six over six windows;
- small window at each side of the turbine house on the basement level.

Character-defining elements of the turbine house of LeQuille Mill include:

- two-storey lean-to off the main building;
- cedar shingle cladding;
- six-pane window on the south elevation;
- narrow boarded door at the first level.